Auerbach School started in 1960 when Jerry Volk, the owner of a summer camp for boys and girls, met with Red Auerbach to look for more ways of utilizing his camp facilities. He and Red developed an immediate bond and together, they created the Red Auerbach Basketball School and Celtics Rookie Camp. All coaches, campers and Celtics players slept in cabins, ate in the mess hall and played on hard top outdoor courts. That was it for 20 years. It was time to move on.
Red and Steve Curley, a long-time staff member, discussed opportunities to upgrade the location as it was getting harder to keep everyone safe and happy with the location and facilities. In 1982, Steve took over as the School Director and moved the program to Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Cabins were now dormitories, the mess hall now was a dining hall and the hard courts became six indoor courts. It was a step up for sure!
We have moved around a bit and with each move, an attempt to improve. We went from Brandeis to Bryant in RI, to UNH in New Hampshire, back to MA at Nichols College. In 2023 our program took us to Biddeford, ME to the University of New England, which has proven to be too small as we return to our pre-covid registration numbers and now home again to Nichols College in central Massachusetts.
What we have lost is the glamour of the Celtics Rookie Camp which even the Celtics no longer have. We no longer attract campers who come for the attraction of the Celtics, but for the love of basketball. Our program is our attraction. We are not a select school. It is for young men that want to learn, compete and have fun. We are proud of the fact that our endorsements comes from literally thousands of men who now share the title of “The Auerbach School Alumni.”
Camp Milbrook. Jerry Volk, the owner of a summer camp for boys and girls, meets Red Auerbach and together they create the Red Auerbach Basketball School and Celtics Rookie Camp. Coaches, campers and Celtics players sleep in cabins, eat in the mess hall and play on hard top outdoor courts. That was it for 20 years.
Steve Curley takes over as School Director and moves the program to Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. Cabins become dormitories, the mess hall becomes a dining hall and the hard courts become six indoor courts.
Bryant, in Rhode Island. With each move, an attempt to improve.
UNH, in New Hampshire.
Nichols College.
The University of New England in Biddeford, ME, which proved too small as the school returned to its pre-covid registration numbers.
Home again at Nichols College in Dudley, MA, in central Massachusetts.
Photographs and Camp Milbrook program covers from the early seasons of the school. Click any image to open it full size.
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